Metal ferrule.



W. W. TURNER.

METAL PERRULE. APPLIOAT'ION FILED m. 25, 1911.

Patented Aug. 6, 1912.

COLUMBIA PLANOORAPH Co., wAsHlNuTqN. D. C.

WILLIAM W. TURNER, OF ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS.

METAL FER/RULE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 6, 1912.

Application filed February 25, 1911. Serial No. 610,962.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. TURNER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Rock Island, in the county of Rock Island and Stateof Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in MetalFerrules, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to metal ferrules used to protect the ends of rods,sticks, pencils and other articles of manufacture, and the objects of myinvention are: first, to provide a metal ferrule or tip which can beeasily and cheaply manufactured; second, to provicle a metal ferrule ortip which can be easily and quickly applied; third, to provide a metalferrule or tip which will be self-retaining and will not require bolts,rivets or other separate means for securing it in position. I attainthese objects by the devices illustrated in the accompanying drawing, inwl1ich- Figure I is a plan view of my improved metal ferrule or tip;Fig. II is a cross section on the line ww of Fig. I; Fig. III is a planview of a modification in which the ferrule or tip is shown in acylindrical form and with the end open and extended to receive therubber of a lead pencil or similar article; and Fig. IV is a crosssection on the line m-m of. Fig. III.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The ferrule a is formed from a sheet metal'blank cut to the proper shapeand stamped and folded so that a body part b and two opposite side websb are formed, each side web I) having parallel inwardly extendinglongitudinal flanges 0 formed integral therewith and partly separated,on transverse lines at their inner ends, from the body part. The inneredges of the flanges 0 are bent inwardly substantially parallel to theweb and the inturned edges of the flanges on one side of the webs beingopposite to the inturned edges on the other side of the webs. One end ofthe ferrule is entirely open. The other end of the ferrule may be closedor may be open and shaped so as to admit" of the entrance of a rubbercushion, pen, knife-blade or other article.

The ferrule is designed for mounting upon the ends of sticks or rodsused for rolling oilcloth, and is useful as a ferrule for fence posts,pickets, pike poles and wooden rods, sticks and similar articles of allkinds requiring a metal ferrule, either to protect the end of the stickor rod or to aid in securing some other article in the stick, rod orhandle; also for securing rubbers to lead pencils, pens in penholders,and similar uses.

I claim A ferrule constructed from a sheet metal blank cut to the propershape and stamped with a body part and two side webs folded andextending parallel from the body part, having their inner edgesseparated on transverse lines from the body part, and turned inwardlyparallel with each other; the inturned edges of the flanges on one sideof the webs being opposite to the inturned edges on the other side ofthe webs.

WILLIAM W. TURNER. Witnesses:

WINNIFRED JAMES, ALBERT W. HAMANN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

